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Shadows of the Past

by Condemned Cell

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Diabolic symphony 05:17
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Eternal silence 07:17
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I cannot sleep, I’m afraid my dreams I lost my hope, but I found the fear Praying alone - can you hear my screams? Can you hear my voice, speaking somewhere near?! My best friends are my hateful enemies My cold flat’s bleeding loneliness now Only small pieces of my broken destiny Are fallin’ into my mind, falling deeply down... I knew the people, who’s loving me But when I’ve needed the help, they’ve left me alone! I knew the friendship so true and real But when I’ve needed understanding - My friends have been gone!!! Die! I must die... None is carrying about my life, No reason to live - only madness and lie, Just eternal silence in my mind. Welcome to my blackened world The endless circle of my morbid thoughts, Silence is near, silence I’ve called - And no need to live - my future is lost!
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Playing with the dead 09:21
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It’s so hard to stand this strong attraction – But the real pain is to realize – I’m its hostage… If I’ll stop my sexual experiments, I have to wait For the time, when someone will rape my cold body Play these games with the dead – There’s no anomalies or insanity here I just delight their obedience, I just wanna feel someone’s cold body near Sweet fragrant of dead flesh Makes me grip with ecstatic orgasm It’s outworld pleasure to caress Hollow lips and wet-rotten genitals… Rubber the graves. It seems to me so romantic… So, Everything I have – passive corpse, callous body Again I have to get inside, deeply inside its narrow anus I want to reach the ultimate depths – Forward to slippery innards. Masturbations… The mouth does not change after death I like to massage myself with their dangling heads But recent I have to rend their smelly bodies And slowly glut my desires with the pieces of excitant flesh. Play these games with the dead – There’s no anomalies or insanity here I just delight their obedience, I just wanna feel someone’s cold body near Sweet fragrant of dead flesh Makes me grip with ecstatic orgasm It’s outworld pleasure to caress Hollow lips and wet-rotten genitals… Why do I debauch the dead? – I think, I know the only answer… They will never betray, never forget… Dead’ll never laugh at my lonely heart… I’m going insane – dead lovers appear in my dreams – I hear their screams, echoing to my ears… I see their dry blood on my hands... I feel my mind in their rotten heads! Why do I rape the dead? – Only they know: I’m so alone… I remember all their faces, remember their innocent bodies. It’s too hard to live – to be the part of the death It’s waitin’ for me – there’s no any way… My muscles are hungry for sweet dead flesh, My muscles are hungry for dead sexual play… I wanna play these games again… I wanna play these games again… I wanna play these games again… I wanna play these games with you… I wanna play these games again… I wanna play these games again… I wanna play these games again… I wanna play these games with your corpse…
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Shadows of the past 10:14
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The night falls, I’m left alone in my house Only dismal rain knocks at the windows There’s no anyone near-only silent shadows The silent shadows are calling to me... I’m listening to the singing of trees I’m watching the dance of shadows But there’s none, who believing me That they are livin’ in my house. Shadows... Left alone with my frayed destiny. I’m slowly going insane... I hear the voices behind the door Concocted voices, but so real pain! Candle burns... Time’s fading away, And I see the solitude in my life They’re calling to me, I hear them everyday, I hear their voices laughing at my cries! Left alone with my frayed destiny. I’m slowly going insane... I hear the voices behind the door Concocted voices, but so real pain! Illusions and the fear I cannot calm myself. Only the voice, speaking from the past, Sweet past that I have dwelt Sometimes I remember my father My childhood, my friends - I feed the sorrow on my memories - Sorrow, that will never end. Left alone with my frayed destiny. I’m slowly going insane... I hear the voices behind the door Concocted voices, but so real pain! Still condemned - forever alone!!!
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Frozen skies 08:02
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Nothing holds me in this world Now I’m not afraid to die. I do not want to suffer more How I want to be free! My blood is mixed with dirt My heart beats with pain. Battlefield is full of corpses - I’m so alone among them... In the end of hall of pain I see the burning bridge of hope, I see the broken maze of faith, I see ecstatic dance of the Death! My blood is mixed with dirt My heart beats with pain. Reality slips away Under these frozen skies! Noise of battle has died for me I look through the frozen eyes of the skies. Slowly Death is coming to me And I’m not resist - how I want to die! My blood is mixed with dirt My heart beats with pain. But soon I will leave this place Shadow of Slumber is covering me!!!
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Jesus 07:00
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Under the arches of the ancient church I’m standing between the holy walls I’m seeing the priest in front of the altar Praying for our sinful souls! But can you hear his words, when you’re dying alone Can you her the god, laughing at your naiveness The church has forgot you - it needn’t you now And you’ll die in your bed insulted and helpless Praying for rescue-working so hard, The blind religion - the faithful heart. Asking Jesus to realize your sins. Ok! Heaven awaits you - let the show begins! Praying the icon, praying the doll Funny stupidity or the naughty insanity Bloody sacrifice for our god That’s our church - blackened reality! Welcome to fire-fair inquisition Here’s the witch, raped by the priest The witch tried to tell you the hidden truth, Oh, that’s not a truth - that’s a pagan filth!!! Praying for rescue-working so hard, The blind religion - the faithful heart. Asking Jesus to realize your sins. Ok! Heaven awaits you - let the show begins! But can you hear his words, when you’re dying alone Can you her the god, laughing at your naiveness The church has forgot you - it needn’t you now And you’ll die in your bed insulted and helpless Praying for rescue-working so hard, The blind religion - the faithful heart. Asking Jesus to realize your sins. Ok! Heaven awaits you - let the show begins! Praying the icon, praying the doll Funny stupidity or the naughty insanity Bloody sacrifice for our god That’s our church - blackened reality!
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Suicidal overture 05:53
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Give me your hand, now our quests begin, We need to clean our minds from dust of grief. Turn the key, and time will be frozen. Let’s follow the way, that we have chosen. Knife in my hand that is a key. My flesh is door, that opens only once. Escape from pale life To the world of our dream... We’ll open new horizons When old ones will be cleared... Don’t say, what you want. Don’t say what you need, I know chains of this fucking life hold your breathe Rise from your knees, you know you can do it. Chains of life - we can remove them fuckin’ out!!! Knife in my hand that is a key. My flesh is door, that opens only once. Escape from pale life To the world of our dream... We’ll open new horizons When old ones will be cleared...

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Recorded & mixed at Twilight Sound studio, 6.02.2001 - 1.12.2003. Music, lyrics, arrangements: Condemned Cell. Executive producer: Extirpator, co-producer: Lost. Distribution: Discultured prods. Artwork: SPL & Apopheoz labs. Photos by: Dmitry «Leshiy» Ustinov.

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released May 18, 2004

Special thanks: our families & friends. Special greeting: Maxim Zozulya aka McSim & Monsters corp.

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Condemned Cell Moscow, Russia

Condemned Cell is a duet from Russia formed in the late 90s. The music evolves from classic doom metal with concession and blends elements of death metal and sympho black metal. Condemned Cell's "Shadows of the Past" album was released in 2004 and harkens the sounds of Septic Flesh, Mourning Beloveth, early Anathema & Paradise Lost. ... more

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